Da Zaojun

Chapter 17 Resentment Crystallization
There were many people who longed for power, but they were still skeptical about drug trials, and only three people joined in the trial.

Song Wuji didn't even recognize him.

The place where the drug was tested was not the medical department, but the county prison.

The county jail was not actually a ground building, but more like a cellar, with stairs leading down and a corridor only wide enough for two people to walk through, with cells on the left and right.

As soon as he entered the cell, he heard screams, which made Song Wuji panic and suspicious. He suspected that the old man had tricked people into coming in to kill them, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that it was unnecessary.

The more he looked down, the more surprised Song Wuji became. After all, in movies and TV dramas, there were always scenes of breaking into the Heavenly Prison to rescue people. But looking at this, it was just a county prison. No matter how many martial arts masters came, it would be difficult to rescue people out.

Inside the prison cell, those who deserved to die were already dead, those who didn't deserve to die were taken away to do hard labor, and those who were imprisoned now were actually "accomplices".

They have names on them, so it's not hard to see them, but are there any others with names on them...

As if sensing Song Wuji's gaze, the man in the cell shouted, "I'm innocent!"

His head was stuck between the railings, and he saw that he was naked, but there was no skin, but yellow hair growing on his body. While he cried out for injustice, there was a faint animal smell coming from his body.

The old doctor said, "He's the only person in the city who's been poisoned by a demon. He's been transformed. He said he ate the flesh of a large yellow dog, which is why he became like this... We don't know the specific nature of this demonic poison, whether it's contagious, or what effect it will have on the people in the city."

"The county magistrate believes that demons may not only appear in the countryside, but also in the city. Cats, dogs, and rats are the most common..."

After hearing this, Song Wuji immediately felt that this person was not wrongly imprisoned here, but he didn't see a name above his head, so it looked like he was not a demon...

Further in, there was the torture chamber, where a gangster was tied up and a jailer was whipping him severely.

The ghost screamed, "Stop beating me! I confess, I confess everything!"

But the jailer ignored him and just kept beating the ghost until it became motionless and dissipated on the spot, dropping a few things.

[Resentment Crystal. Ordinary]

[Original Demonic Energy Crystal. Ordinary Item]

[Bitter Tears. Ordinary]

The jailer decisively collected these things and put them away in a box.

Then they caught another accomplice and tied him to the rack.

"I'm exhausted from whipping this bastard. It took a hundred and twenty whips to produce these things!"

"Let me do it!" Another jailer picked up the whip. "It's time to train your strength, otherwise you will die of exhaustion here sooner or later."

The old doctor said to the trembling drug testers, "Don't be afraid. The drugs you are testing will be useful."

"They were sent to the Confinement Division, one of the City God's twenty-four divisions. This division specializes in confining demons and ghosts, awaiting judgment in the underworld."

"But you can squeeze something out of demons and monsters through torture."

Song Wuji thought to himself: It seems that other people also have ways to collect monster materials, but when I kill monsters, there is a chance that they will drop them, while they have to catch the monsters and then squeeze out the materials like processing primary agricultural products.

However, when Song Wuji looked at these [Crystallization of Resentment] and [Tears of Bitterness], it seemed that the ghosts were tortured alive, and their resentment was crystallized and their tears were turned into bitter water.

When we arrived at the last cell, we saw that it had been converted into a pharmacy, and several doctors were processing materials.

The materials that the jailer had just squeezed out were piled up here randomly, and there were also some strange and tricky materials.

"Doctor Song, this Five Poisons Spirit Strengthening Powder is always difficult to reconcile with Ghost Tears. Not only does it not invigorate the prisoner's spirit, it also makes him insane."

"The five poisons are inherently evil, and realgar is used to dispel them during the Dragon Boat Festival. Ghost tears are produced by ghosts and are also yin objects. As the saying goes, yin cannot produce anything without yin."

"We must find a way to balance yin and yang, so that we can fight poison with poison and control yin with evil."

The old doctor sniffed the powder, pondered it for a while, and said, "You might as well try adding a little cinnabar."

Then he said, "Bring the Eye-Clearing Powder, Body-Lightening Powder, and Rejuvenating Powder that you have refined."

Aside from Song Wuji, the other victims who were testing the drug had looked uneasy since entering the county jail. Seeing the jailer whipping the ghosts, they found it even harder to digest the information. Now, hearing about the Five Poisons, Ghost Tears... and the drug-testing prisoners going crazy, they were trembling with fear.

The more inexperienced they were, the more valuable Song Wuji seemed.

The old doctor said, "Although you are testing the medicine, I cannot let you know what is in it, so as to avoid panic."

"Mingmu Powder is made from green snail shells, purple duckweed, and ghost eyes."

"It improves your eyesight, but it will leave you with a strong fishy smell. That's the least you can pay for it."

"Light Body Powder is made from feather ash, ghost bone marrow, and cicada molt."

"If you eat it, you will feel light and healthy, but your whole body will itch, as if you are about to grow feathers."

"Rejuvenation Powder is made from ghost brain, mica flakes, and dragon bone flakes."

"If you eat it, it will heal wounds and restore your blood, but you will also experience double vision and auditory hallucinations."

"Trying these medicines won't kill you. In fact, they may even have some benefits after the effects wear off."

"But you need to tell us your experience carefully so that we can help us adjust the prescription or dosage to minimize side effects."

Song Wuji didn't care. As long as he took the magical power, he could eat it, no matter what the side effects were.

Song Wuji was the first to go up and poured the powder into his mouth.

Where has the doctor seen such a positive person?

Song Wuji ate it and felt that it had no taste and no feeling.

So he took the second powder.

"You can't take them! You can't take these two powders at the same time. You need to wait at least half an hour..."

However, Song Wuji had already eaten: "Why didn't you say so earlier!"

But I waited anxiously, but still didn't feel anything, no itch, and no fishy smell on my body.

Only two states appeared: "light body" and "clear eyesight".

Taking the magical powers does not consume any vital energy.

Several doctors immediately surrounded Song Wuji: "Do you feel anything?"

Song Wuji had an innocent expression on his face: "I just feel like my eyes seem to see more clearly, and my body feels more relaxed, but I don't feel anything else."

"Don't you feel itchy?"

"It's not itchy! Should I be itchy?"

“Not fishy either!”

"Then how do you know what adjustments should be made? How do you tell if the test drug is working?"

The old doctor also came over and inserted a golden needle into Song Wuji's acupuncture points. He also took his pulse and found it to be stable.

Several doctors knocked and pressed, and even came up to pull Song Wuji's clothes off...

Song Wuji covered his body.

"This kid has long, drawn-out breathing and a higher body temperature than a normal person. Among his five internal organs, his heart fire, liver fire, and kidney fire are all strong. His spleen and stomach are also more powerful in transforming food and water, surpassing that of ordinary people. On the contrary, he has some of the characteristics of a cultivator, without any trace of demonic or ghostly aura or foulness..."

"Then there is only one possibility. He, like us, has been blessed by the gods."

"Boy, have you ever encountered any divine manifestation?"

(End of this chapter)